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单词 intercept
释义
intercept
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1v 2n

When you intercept a pass in football, you grab the ball that your opponent had thrown to a member of his own team. To intercept is to stop something from reaching its intended destination.
If a national intelligence agency intercepts a telephone call being sent from one terrorist cell to another, they stop the message and also learn a bit about what's going on in the terrorist world. If you're planning a surprise party for your friend and she arrives a half hour early, you might run to intercept her while everyone rushes to hide.
WORD FAMILY
intercept: intercepted, intercepting, interception, interceptor, intercepts+/interception: interceptions/interceptor: interceptors
USAGE EXAMPLES
A fourth-year veteran, Hyde intercepted a pass at the goal line intended for Golden Tate with 1:35 left in the game.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
On the next play, Allen lobbed a weak pass toward Grimes, which was intercepted.
The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)
Kirk Cousins’ stepped up in the pocket, threw over the middle and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie stepped in front to intercept.
Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)
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1v seize on its way
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
stop
cut off, cut out
cut off and stop
catch, grab, take hold of
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
2v tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
Syn|Hyper
bug, tap, wiretap
eavesdrop, listen in
listen without the speaker's knowledge
2
n the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
Hyper
point
a geometric element that has position but no extension
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